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Preference for Local Veteran Contractors Act [HB-2358]
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Preference for Local Veteran Contractors Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to give a preference to a local (within a 60-mile radius) contractor in the award of a contract for: (1) the construction or maintenance of a VA facility, or (2) services provided to a particular VA facility or campus. Requires the Secretary, upon awarding such a contract to a non-local contractor, to publish a public explanation of why a local contractor was not awarded the contract. Includes veterans who are local contractors within a required VA priority
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul M. Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Economic Opportunity. on 06/21/2013
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Healthy Food Financing Initiative [HB-2343]
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Healthy Food Financing Initiative - Amends the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to establish an initiative to improve access to healthy foods in underserved areas, create and preserve quality jobs, and revitalize low-income communities by providing loans and grants to eligible fresh food retailers to overcome the higher costs and initial entry barriers in underserved areas. Provides that funds shall be used to: (1) create revolving loan pools of capital and provide grants to finance
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Sponsored by: Rep. Earl Blumenauer
Referred To The Subcommittee On Department Operations, Oversight, And Nutrition. on 06/25/2013
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Next STEP Act of 2013 [HB-2333]
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[International ]
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[Funding ]
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Next STEP Act of 2013 - Amends the Small Business Act to provide for the permanent establishment of the three-year pilot State Trade and Export Promotion Grant Program originally established under the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010. Requires the Associate Administrator for International Trade within the Small Business Administration (SBA) to establish and maintain a public website of information concerning the Program. Sets forth expanded reporting requirements.
Sponsored by: Rep. Carol Shea-Porter
Referred To The House Committee On Small Business. on 06/12/2013
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Right to Lend Act of 2013 [HB-2323]
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[Small Business ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Data Privacy ]
Right to Lend Act of 2013 - Repeals provisions of the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, as amended by Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, that require financial institutions to: (1) inquire whether businesses applying for credit for a women-owned, minority-owned, or small business are such a business; and (2) submit annually to the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, in a manner to be made available to the public, a record of the responses to such inquiry, including census tract information and disclosures as to the race,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Stivers
Referred To The House Committee On Financial Services. on 06/11/2013
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Rural Energy Investment Act of 2013 [HB-2290]
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Rural Energy Investment Act of 2013 - Amends the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 regarding the biobased markets program to: (1) extend program funding through FY2018, (2) increase the number of categories of biobased products designated and individual biobased products eligible for preferred purchasing, and (3) provide for a program of biobased product education and promotion activities. Amends the Rural Energy for America Program to: (1) extend Program funding through FY2018; (2) make nonprofit organizations eligible for assistance;
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Sponsored by: Rep. Ann M. Kuster
Referred To The Subcommittee On Energy. on 09/24/2013
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Home Owner Managing Energy Savings Act of 2013 [HB-2128]
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[Consumer Protection ]
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Home Owner Managing Energy Savings Act of 2013 or the HOMES Act - Requires the Secretary of Energy (DOE) to establish the Home Energy Savings Retrofit Rebate Program to provide rebates to: (1) contractors to be passed through as discounts to homeowners who retrofit their homes to achieve energy savings, or (2) homeowners to be transferred to contractors for retrofit work. Requires the Secretary to establish: (1) a Federal Rebate Processing System to enable rebate aggregators to submit claims for reimbursement, and (2) a national retrofit website
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Sponsored by: Rep. Joe Courtney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Energy And Power. on 05/24/2013
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American Energy Solutions for Lower Costs and More American Jobs Act [HB-2]
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American Energy Solutions for Lower Costs and More American Jobs Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Shelley Moore Capito
Read The Second Time. Placed On Senate Legislative Calendar Under General Orders. Calendar No. 601. on 11/17/2014
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Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013 [HB-1947]
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[Small Business ]
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Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013 - Title I: Commodities - Subtitle A: Repeals and Reforms - (Sec. 1101) Repeals, but continues for crop year 2013: (1) direct payments, (2) countercyclical payments, and (3) the average crop revenue election program (ACRE). (Sec. 1105) Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to provide for a farm's base acreage adjustment for covered commodities if: (1) a conservation reserve contract expires or is voluntarily terminated, (2) cropland is released from conservation reserve contract coverage,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Collin C. Peterson
Considered As Unfinished Business. (consideration: Cr H3933-3968) on 06/20/2013
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Let's Grow Act of 2013 [HB-1933]
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[Children and Youth ]
[Energy ]
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Let's Grow Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) (Secretary) to carry out the Green and Healthy Corner Store Initiative to assist qualified convenience stores to expand their offering of fruits and vegetables. Directs the Secretary to make grants to provide access to farmers' markets for communities with limited access to affordable and nutritious food, particularly areas of predominantly lower-income communities. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a pilot grant program to allow local and tribal
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Sponsored by: Rep. Mike Quigley
Referred To The Subcommittee On Early Childhood, Elementary, And Secondary Education. on 07/08/2013
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Balancing Food, Farm, and the Environment Act of 2013 [HB-1890]
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[Water ]
[Food ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Energy ]
[Climate Change ]
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Balancing Food, Farm, and the Environment Act of 2013 - Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to make a producer violating certain conservation requirements under the highly erodible land or wetland programs ineligible for federal crop insurance premiums. Requires producers under the highly erodible land program and the wetland conservation program to comply with specified conservation requirements. Extends and revises: (1) the conservation reserve program, (2) the conservation stewardship program, and (3) the environmental quality incentives program.
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Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Referred To The Subcommittee On Conservation, Energy, And Forestry. on 05/22/2013
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Beginning Farmer and Rancher Opportunity Act of 2013 [HB-1727]
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[Small Business ]
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[Immigration ]
Beginning Farmer and Rancher Opportunity Act of 2013 - Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to extend: (1) the conservation reserve and related programs, and (2) assistance to disadvantaged or beginning farmers or ranchers for access to the environmental quality incentives and the conservation stewardship programs. Permits conservation reserve contract modification to facilitate transfers from retiring owners to limited resource farmers or ranchers. Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to: (1) reduce the number of operating years
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Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney
Referred To The Committee On Agriculture, And In Addition To The Committee On The Budget, For A Period To Be Subsequently Determined By The Speaker, In Each Case For Consideration Of Such Provisions As Fall Within The Jurisdiction Of The Committee Concerned. on 04/25/2013
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Small Farm Insurance Act of 2013 [HB-1589]
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[Disaster Relief ]
Small Farm Insurance Act of 2013 - Amends the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to provide coverages for eligible crops based on individual yields (other than for value-loss crops) under the noninsured crop disaster assistance program equivalent to: (1) catastrophic risk protection, or (2) specified additional coverage. Provides reduced premiums for limited resource, beginning, and socially disadvantaged producers.
Sponsored by: Rep. Joe Courtney
Referred To The Subcommittee On General Farm Commodities And Risk Management. on 05/03/2013
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Local Farms, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013 [HB-1414]
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Local Farms, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013 - Amends the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 regarding the supplemental food assistance program (SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program) to include as a retail store an agricultural producer marketing agricultural products directly to consumers. Requires participating retailers to pay 100% of the costs of acquiring, and arranging for the implementation of, electronic benefit transfer (EBT) point-of-sale equipment and supplies. Allows exemptions, including for farmers' markets, direct farmer-to-consumer
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Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Early Childhood, Elementary, And Secondary Education. on 07/08/2013
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Cheating Doesn't Pay Act [HB-1088]
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Cheating Doesn't Pay Act - Directs the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to issue a rule that: (1) prohibits the use of disadvantaged business enterprise program funds by any enterprise no longer eligible under the program; (2) each grant award, contract, or subcontract prohibits any program funds from being provided to an enterprise as soon as it is no longer eligible; (3) recuperates any unobligated program funds made available to any enterprise no longer eligible under the program; and (4) ensures that if an enterprise is no longer eligible to
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Sponsored by: Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler
Referred To The Subcommittee On Highways And Transit. on 03/13/2013
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Humphrey-Hawkins Full Employment and Training Act [HB-1000]
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[Taxes ]
[Small Business ]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
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Humphrey-Hawkins Full Employment and Training Act - Directs the Secretary of Labor to establish a Full Employment National Trust Fund with two separate accounts for: (1) Employment Opportunity Grants to states, local governments, and Indian tribes for job-creating activities in communities whose economy is not at a level of full employment; and (2) Workforce Investment programs. Establishes arbitration procedures for resolution of disputes for grant recipients. Requires the Secretary of Labor to post a whistleblower hotline on the Department of
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul M. Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Higher Education And Workforce Training. on 04/23/2013
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Small Business COVID–19 Debt Relief Extension Act of 2020 [HB-8686]
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Extends for an additional six months the Small Business Debt Relief Program, under which the Small Business Administration (SBA), in response to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019), was authorized to subsidize six months of payments for certain SBA-backed loan products on behalf of the recipients of these loans. Further, a small business that submits a new application for an SBA-backed loan prior to March 30, 2021, may receive a six month subsidy.
Sponsored by: Rep. Andre Carson
Introduced In House on 10/27/2020
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Heroes Small Business Lifeline Act [S.4818]
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[Public Health ]
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Provides economic support to small business affected by COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) by extending and expanding existing initiatives such as the Paycheck Protection Program, establishing a new lifeline grant program, and providing dedicated assistance for industries such as restaurants and live entertainment.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jack Reed
Committee On Small Business And Entrepreneurship. Hearings Held. on 12/10/2020
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The Heroes Act [S.4800]
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A bill to provide Coronavirus relief.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles E. Schumer
Read The Second Time. Placed On Senate Legislative Calendar Under General Orders. Calendar No. 581. on 11/09/2020
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A resolution honoring the entrepreneurial spirit of small business concerns in the United States during National Small Business Week, which begins on May 20, 2012. [SR-469]
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[Telecommunications ]
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Honors the entrepreneurial spirit of small businesses during National Small Business Week beginning May 20, 2012. Applauds the efforts and achievements of small business owners and their employees. Recognizes the work of the Small Business Administration (SBA) and its resource partners in providing assistance to entrepreneurs and small businesses. Recognizes the importance of ensuring that: (1) guaranteed loans, including microloans and venture capital, are made available to all qualified small businesses; (2) necessary federal resources are provided
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Sponsored by: Sen. Michael B. Enzi
Submitted In The Senate, Considered, And Agreed To Without Amendment And With A Preamble By Voice Vote. (consideration: Cr S3386-3388; Text As Passed Senate: Cr S3387-3388; Text Of Measure As Introduced: Cr S3331) on 05/21/2012
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A resolution honoring the entrepreneurial spirit of small business concerns in the United States during National Small Business Week, which begins on May 15, 2011. [SR-197]
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Honors the entrepreneurial spirit of small businesses during National Small Business Week beginning May 15, 2011. Applauds the efforts and achievements of small business owners and their employees. Recognizes the work of the Small Business Administration (SBA) and its resource partners in providing assistance to entrepreneurs and small businesses. Recognizes the importance of ensuring that: (1) guaranteed loans, including microloans and venture capital, are made available to all qualified small businesses; (2) necessary federal resources are provided
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Sponsored by: Sen. Michael B. Enzi
Submitted In The Senate, Considered, And Agreed To Without Amendment And With A Preamble By Voice Vote. (consideration: Cr S3287-3288; Text As Passed Senate: Cr S3287-3288; Text Of Measure As Introduced: Cr S3279-3280) on 05/24/2011